Friday, 22 December 2006

This is the ultimate DX goal for any HF-Fax DXer (well, for those located near my QTH!)

13551 kHz 1434z Wellington, New Zealand. Distance: 17400 km

I decided to give a try and that's what I got! It must be the most distant HF-Fax station from my QTH. Distance-speaking, it is further than Honolulu, but maybe easier, propagation-wise. It is noisy, but it is definitely a fax transmission! The schedule can be found here. It is more detailed than the one found in rfax PDF. The service uses a single transmitter which changes frequency cyclically, as time passes.

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This is my main listening post. Nowadays, I mostly use my new Icom R75 (a magnificent receiver), which is fed by the PAR Electronics EF-SWL antenna. The famous Sangean ATS 909 is still my faithful companion, attached to a simple Inverted-L 5m by 14m made from junk parts, plus a matching transformer, which magically cuts PC noise, allowing the use of software decoders!